Phonograph



July 12, 1927.

SMITH PHONOGRAPH Filed June 25. 1926 Patented July 12, 1927. I

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFF 1,635,965 ICE.

OBERLIN SMITH, OF BBIDGETON, NEW JERSEY; PERCIVAL SMITH EXECUTOB O]? y SAID OBEBLIN SMITH, DECEASED.

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Application filed June 25, 1826. Serial No. 118,582.

This invention concerns automatic honographs such asthat of the patent of berlin Smith No. 1,573,504, dated Februar 16, 1926, and the application. of Oberlin mith No. 712,317, filed May 10, 1924, wherein a number of records are placed in a magazine or holder from which one at a time they are automatically taken and placed upon the turntable of the phonograph and after being played are returned to their proper position in the holder or magazine; The object of this invention is to enable disc records of different diameters to be placed in the same magazine.

This invention consists in whateveris de-, scribed by or is included within the terms or scope of the appended claims.

In the annexed drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section showing enough of an automatic phonograph to illustrate one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of another embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

'It will be-unnecessary to describe in any detail the mechanism by which records are moved from the magazine or holder to the turntable and returned to their place in the magazine. It is enough for the purpose of this application to state that such mechanism may be that of the patent and ap lication abovementioned or any other suitable for the purpose. The present invention is not concernedwith that mechanism or part of the machine, but with the means by which disc records of different diameters may be used in the same machine. The present invention takes advantage of or makes usev of the fact that the records of different sizes, say ten inch records and twelve inch records,

' differ in weight. The magazine or holder,

10, shown in the drawings is of the type shown in the patent and application above mentioned, which comprises a horizontally traveling support with side by side racks, one

.for each record formed by slots or spaced partitions, inwhich the disc records are supported at their bottom edges in a vertical position, so thatby the lifter mechanism, a record may be lifted from its place in the magazine. y i

,Provision is made of two sup orts in each record holdingxslot or space. ne of these supports is a ed or stationary one consisting, as shown in the drawing, of two oppositely spaced ledges, 12, situated to engage the edge of the disc at the bottom on opposite sides of a vertical line passing through the center of the disc, this stationary support being for the records of largest diameter. The other support is a movable one, consisting as shown in the drawing, of a lever, 13, that is pivoted on a horizontal pivot. 14, at a point bclow'the bottom edge of the largest record, when in the rack, such lever having a record-disc engaging portion that is situated between the two ledges which constitute the stationary support, so that the levor'may swing up and down, the lever being moved downward and out' of the way when the record oflargest diameter en ages it, the weight of the lever'not being su cient to overcome the weight of the largest disc. but the lever being by a suitable counterbalance, able to exert a lifting pressure upon tlie record of smaller diameter to support the" record of smaller diameter, so that its central, hole will align withthe central hole of the larger records when in the magazine. Thus,

all of the records whether large or small have their central holes (which engage the central pintle of the turntable of the phonograph.) at the same point or in the same plane in the magazine or holder. As shown in the drawings, the lever, 13, has a counterbalance, 15,

which will cause the lever to lift and support 1 holder, 100, has near the'bottom opposite stationary record-supports, which may be two arallel rods, 120, which by reason of the diflerence in diameter of the records will support the records with their centers at varyin heights to a fixed extent. Car- 'ried by t e' head or frame-work, 16, of the lifter mechanism to which the gripper jaws, 17, are pivoted, are two verticall movable pins, 18, each of which is yieldmgly supported by 'a. coil sprin 19, these springs being accurately matc ed compression COll springs, and 0a able of yielding downward under the wei t of. the arger record when the upper ends or -heads, 20, of the. pins contact with the larger record, but which will not ield under the weight of the smallor recor and therefore, when they engage the smaller record, the latter will be carried up by the lifter and in due course the grippers will close upon the smaller record and grip it fortransportation to the turntable of the phonograph. To engage the lower edge of a larger record and lift the same when the yieldable smaller record engaging pins are depressed under the weight of the larger record, there are two oppositely located pins, 21, carried by one of the gripper jaws which engage the record before the jaws close upon it. Preferably the heads, 20, of theyieldable record engaging pins are T-shape. as bestshowu in Fig. 3, and one arm of the T is utilized to engage an inclined or cam projection, 22, on the top of the box or casing, 23, of-the phonograph, when the grippers swing down with the record to place it upon the turntable, so as to press-the rods sufficiently far -from the edge of the record lyin on the table to revent contact with the e ge of said record which might otherwise occur. What is the under gripper at the time of this operation has a hole, 24, for the passage of the cam. Of course, the yieldingly supported rods are prevented fromturning I It will be seen that by this invention in the most simple and yet eflicient way, record discs of different sizes may be used in the same automatic machine.

What is claimed is: 1. A magazine or holder for records of antomatic playing machines having means to support in the same record receiving space records of different diameters at dlflerent times and means movable in the plane of a record towards and "from such. space and having a record edge-engaging surface to move the record out of such space.

2, A magazine or holder for records of automatic playing machines having means to support in the same record receiving space records of different diameters at different times, and means for movin a record when 111 such. space, comprising aovable element that directly engages therecord.

3. A magazine or holder for records of weight of another record.

4. A magazine or holder for'records of automatic playing machines having means to support in the same record receiving space records of different diameters at different times, comprising a stationary record support and a movable record support that yields under the weight of a record of a size to engage the stationary support.

5. An automatic playing machine usin disc records having a holder for records 0 different sizes all of which are to be placed on the same turntable, means for moving anyone of such records from the holder to the turntable, and automatic means for compensating for difference in record sizes whereby all records will be delivered properly to the turntable.

6. An automatic playing machine usin disc records having a holder for records 0 different sizes all of which are to be placed on the same turntable, and means for com pensating for difference in record sizes whereby all records will be delivered properly to the turntable, said means comprising a yieldable record engaging device adapte to yield under the weight of larger records.

7. An automatic playing machine usin disc records having a holder 'for records 0 different sizes all of which are to be placed on the same turntable, and transferring means having sets of record-engaging means, one set being yieldable under the weight of the larger records.

8. An automatic playing machine usin disc recordshaving a holder for records 0 a differentsizes all of which are to be placed on the same turntable and record-engaging means comprising a stationary element for a records of one size and a yieldable element for records of the other size adapted to yield under the weight of the larger records.-

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my OBERLIN SMITH.

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